Aid fragmentation and donor transaction costs

This paper shows that the fragmentation of bilateral donors’ aid across recipient countries tends to raise their transaction costs. It is estimated that bilateral donors could reduce their transaction costs by US$2.5 billion per year through greater recipient country specialisation.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Anderson, Edward
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 117.2012, 3, p. 799-802
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Foreign aid \| Transaction costs \| Aid fragmentation

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	F35 - Foreign Aid ; O19 - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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